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Pick Your Trophies, Not Your Nose!

Please schedule an appointment to pick your trophies on this week’s weekdays (10 am) or on upcoming Saturdays (9:15 am) for

1. State Championships:
   June 25 is the last day to pick trophies because we are drowning in trophies; use https://forms.gle/SqNbfWnDD9bUB1CF9 to schedule an appointment.
2. Ba€oins:
   Most children save their Ba€oins for larger trophies but if you don’t have “most children”, moving out of Bay Area, or want to redeem Ba€ for smaller trophies, use https://forms.gle/yRZUMpo7eeiJULm9A to schedule an appointment.

Join Your Scholastic Chess Community at Children’s Signature Tourneys (Register now | Get info )

1. Sat June 18 at the Sonesta San Jose in North Milpitas (777 Bellew Dr | map)
   1. [9 am] Quads
   2. [12:30 pm] Swiss
2. Sun June 19 at the Sonesta San Jose in North Milpitas (777 Bellew Dr | map)
   1. [9 am] Quads
   2. [12:30 pm] Swiss
3. Sun June 26 at the Sonesta Silicon Valley in South Milpitas (1820 Barber Ln | map)
   1. [9 am] Quads
   2. [12:30 pm] Swiss
   3. [5 pm] Rapid (G/15 +2): a great way to develop board sense while rapidly earning Ba€oins

Play at “Open” Tourneys for Adults & Advanced Kids (Register now | Get info )

1. June 18-19: The Real Bay Area Chess Championship at the Sonesta San Jose in North Milpitas (777 Bellew Dr | map)
   1. [Sat June 18-19] Championship: 5SS G/90 +30 with $10,000 b/133 prize fund (FIDE-rated)
   2. [Sun June 19 at 7 pm] Blitz: 8 x G/5 +1 with Cash Prizes
2. Sun June 26: CashDay Tourneys (prize fund of $1,000 b/32) 
   1. [10 am] 4SS G/45 +15 at the San Jose Chess Center (map)

K-5 Players rated over 1400 should play in the Qualifier for Rockefeller National Championship (Register now | Get info) on June 25-36 at the San Jose Chess Center ( map)

Plan Ahead for the 2022 CalChess Open (and Class) Championship on the Labor Day Weekend (Register now | Get info) at the Sonesta Silicon Valley in South Milpitas (1820 Barber Ln | map)

1. 11 sections for players for all levels and ages from Master (2200+) to unrated.
2. [Sat, Sep. 3] Scholastic u1000: 3SS G/30 d5 with trophies to players with a winning record
3. [Sep. 4-5 or 3-5] State Championship: 7SS G/90 +30 G/90 +30 with $26,100 b/297 prize fund (FIDE-rated); choose between
   1. 3-day schedule (Sat thru Mon) or 
   2. 2-day schedule (Sun & Mon) with rounds 1-4 G/55 +5
4. [Mon Sep. 5 at 7pm] Blitz: 8 x G/5 +1 with Cash Prizes

Wanna Save More with the “Costco” style? By BAC Membership and Save (Buy now | Get info)

Buy BAC membership and save 25% of all BAC events: 1 person = $150 | 2 people = $250 | 3+ people = $325

Visit our tournaments calendar to see more events for upcoming weeks.

Much love to everyone in the chess community…

Salman